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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>the attractiveness-optimized female
humans have breasts <br>
that are larger than necessary to feed their infants. The<br>
optimized males have larger than necessary pectorals, almost<br>
comically enlarged. </blockquote><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Not just pectorals. I am sure an
effecive penis enlargement would be worth
billions)</blockquote><br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>most outstanding example of
overdesign would be our rears.<br>
Both genders seem to prefer mates with protruding buns, resulting<br>
in those curvatious protruding asses. <br>
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The point of this essay is to introduce the notion that<br>
we developed large brains for the same reason that we <br>
developed large asses. A<br>
striking example is an African tribe that decided that<br>
wide hips were cool. group with<br>
anomalously small trunks with enormous hips. Perhaps<br>
someone here knows the name of that hip group.</blockquote><br>
Hottentots<br><br>
In a hot climate fat storage was in the rear (there's a word <br>
<font size=2>steatopyga ('stee-uh-toe-PIE-guh) for this.</font> Google
Images for "big Black Booty" and here and there you will find
examples. I read once that some of the Hottentot women had 2-3 wide
cheeks and needed help to stand up. If you have a good image of same
email it to me (privately) Attached is a little 11K jpg of
same.<br><br>
The end of armor came with the crossbow, whose quarrel could penetrate
any wearable armor. Only recently the kevlar type vests have came back,
but they can't withstand rifle shots, only pistols. Remember also in the
armor days it was mostly iron. Steel was reserved for swords, and carbon
steel was both very rare and brittle. A knight unseated from his horse
could not afford the fragmentation of carbon steel. <br><br>
In the military, the body vests are mostly for low velocity shrapnel and
low caliber assault weapons. they are useless against sniper
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